.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Professional for "MMA Live".Dealt With MMA for Sin city SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a title match Friday night in The big apple, of managing a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was reached by a paint can as she left her resort previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by a large number selection, along with the judges scoring the battle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Backyard was profoundly private for both, as Ryan had been actually working with Mayer's past longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques with Koroma when he made a decision to partner with Ryan, a step she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the location Friday, she was struck by an available coating may coming from an unknown male. She said she really felt one thing "wreck" into her stomach, and after that observed a man in a hoodie go to an auto and dispel. Ryan was actually unscathed as well as continued to the location after modifying clothes in her accommodation room.She and also her staff informed ESPN they felt it belonged to Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan pointed out just before the battle. "It was absolutely a setup from her crew. What else will it be? It's got to be. I am actually from the U.K. Who understood what opportunity I was coming out of my lodging to visit the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded coming from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her second gain this year.